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Since you're getting this newsletter every week, you already know how exciting it can be to get the latest genealogy news delivered directly to you via e-mail. Did you ever think about publishing your own family genealogy newsletter? Once a week or every month, you could send an e-mail...

Since most genealogy software can now generate timelines, I thought it would be fun to dig a little deeper into the current events of my ancestors' lives. For example, my great-grandmother, Ella Snow, was born on March 19, 1857. She shares her March 19 birthday with artist of the...

The first will I ever tried to read was written in 1850 by my 3rd great-grandfather, John Snow. I remember feeling overwhelmed because I didn't know what to expect, couldn't read the writing and didn't have a clue as to what I was really looking for. Fortunately, Phyllis Quarg...

The first footsteps of many American ancestors were taken on the shores of Virginia. Sometimes called the Mother State because it was the first to be settled, Virginia was the 10th colony to become a state. The state bird is the cardinal and its tree the dogwood. The state...

Not long ago my research took me to Texas, in search of a family branch I was trying to link to my own. Thanks to online resources, I was able to establish what look like promising connections. My hunt got off on the fast track when a search of...

AncestorNews: Preserving Priceless Family Treasures A few days before Christmas, my cousin arrived at my house with a priceless treasure&#151my grandmother's wedding dress. The dress has ivory lace with a gathered satin band around the waist. Originally, it would have had an undergarment of some kind. For being 90...

Although my direct line doesn't go through Texas, I have a side-branch that left Tennessee and settled in the area around present-day Groesbeck, as part of the Sterling C. Robertson colony. While searching for more information on my Texas ancestors, I discovered the Web site for Republic of Texas...

AncestorNews: Be My Valentine I recently acquired a Valentine that my grandmother's younger sister sent to her around 1915. Although the card is more than 80 years old, the color is still vivid and the lace paper is in fairly good condition. When I got the card, I checked...